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Multiple topics covered in 2nd District debate

While the candidates covered issues ranging from mental health funding and increasing public trust in government, Ashford and Bacon returned to issues with the Affordable Care Act at several points.

Updated: 5:26 PM CDT Oct 19, 2016

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Multiple topics covered in 2nd District debate

While the candidates covered issues ranging from mental health funding and increasing public trust in government, Ashford and Bacon returned to issues with the Affordable Care Act at several points.

Updated: 5:26 PM CDT Oct 19, 2016

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Multiple topics covered in 2nd District debate

While the candidates covered issues ranging from mental health funding and increasing public trust in government, Ashford and Bacon returned to issues with the Affordable Care Act at several points.

Updated: 5:26 PM CDT Oct 19, 2016

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WEBVTT PELOSI. NIKOLE GOODRICH IS LIVE. >> Reporter: THE TWO ISSUES THAT IM TODAY UP TODAY WERE NANCY PELOSI AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. THOSE CANDIDATES ARGUING SHOWCASE THEIR DIFFERENCES, AND THEIR STRENGTHS. WHILE CANDIDATES COVERED ISSUES RANGING FROM MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING TO INCREASING PUBLIC TRUST IN GOVERNMENT, DEMOCRAT BRAD ASHFORD AND DON BACON RETURNED TO ISSUES WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. BACON ARGUING IT SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH MUCH OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLING TO THE STATES. AND ASHFORD SAYING IT NEEDS WORK BUT AFFORDS CERTAIN PROTECTIONS THAT NEED TO STAY. >> OBAMACARE IS THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN MIDDLE CLASS. >> I'M FOR DEREGULATING THE ACA AND I VOTED THAT WAY IN THE CONGRESS SINCE I GOTTEN THERE. >> Reporter: THE CANDIDATES DIFFERING IN THEIR PRIORITIES FOR DEFENSE, THOUGH BOTH TALKED DEFEATING ISIS ASHFORD FOCUSED ON DISRUPTING THE ORGANIZATIONS RECRUITING AND BACON ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON MILITARY BASIS ACROSS AMERICA. >> MONEY THAT WE SPEND HAS TO BE SPENT SMARTLY. ON SIGNER SECURITY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> I WANT TO PUT EMPHASIS ON TRAINING. WE GOT TO GET OUR TRAINING UP AND FOLKS WHO ARE AT HOME STATION CAN DEPLOY AND DO THEIR JOB. >> THROUGHOUT THE CANDIDATES BATTLED OVER BIPARTISIANSHIP, BACON SAYING HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND ASHFORD ARGUING THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. >> WE NEED TO CUT SPENDING AND START BALANCING THE BUDGET. THERE ARE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN THAT I STUDY THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. >> THAT'S WHAT LEGISLATION IS ABOUT, IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. I DON'T ASK ANYBODY WHAT PARTY THEY'RE IN. I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA, BUT I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT THAT MUCH. >> Reporter: ANOTHER ISSUE ADDRESSED TODAY FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS FOR LGBT INDIVIDUALS. ASHFORD SAID HE'S SIGNED ON TO EDGE HAD ISOLATION FOR THAT. BACON SAYS HE'S SKEPTICAL AND